Carpocoris (Carpocoris) pudicus (Poda, 1761)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 22

Carpocoris (Carpocoris) pudicus (Poda, 1761)

Cimex pudicus Poda, 1761: 56 ; Cimex cinctus Schrank, 1776: 78 ; Cimex incarnatus Goeze, 1778: 274 ; Cimex carneus Gmelin, 1790: 2134 ; Pentatoma wilkinsonii Westwood, 1837: 35 ; Pentatoma pallida Dallas, 1851: 234 ; Carpocoris pudicus var. humeralis Kormilev, 1936: 36 ; Carpocoris pudicus var. atroscutellatus Halászfy, 1955: 368 ; Carpocoris pudicus var. nigromaculata Tamanini, 1958: 375 ; Carpocoris pudicus var. obscurata Tamanini, 1958: 375 ; Carpocoris pudicus var. humeralis Halászfy, 1959: 63 ; Carpocoris pudicus var. stigmata Stichel, 1961: 591 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil, Guilan, Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2008), East Azarbaijan ( Havaskary et al. 2012), Fars (Linnavuori 2012), Golestan ( Kiritshenko 1949; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), Isfahan ( Hoberlandt 1959; Samin & Asgari 2012), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b), Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b; Sakenin et al. 2008), Tehran ( Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), Semnan ( Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), West Azarbaijan (Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Iran (no locality cited) ( Oshanin 1906; Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).

General distribution. Euro Mediterranean ( Austria, Germany), Caucasian Region, Near East, Egypt.

Host plants. On Triticum sp. ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b), Triticum vulgare (both Poaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Asteraceae ( Linnavuori 2008; Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Cirsium sp., Echinops viscosus (both Asteraceae ), Triticum aestivum (Poaceae) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2011); also on Brassicaceae , Rosaceae , Asteraceae , Lamiaceae , Linaceae , Scrophulariaceae (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013) .